Constrictor Show @ 10 EST on AP

"The Big Squeeze" - "Circling the globe looking for constrictors"

Animal planet 10PM EST - just saw this no clue what tack they are taking - but of course worthy of checking out.

Thanks for the head up.

im watching it, its making them (wild ones at least) look evil. thier telling storys of large constrictors (10ft +) attacking people.

Yeah - it had better take a turn for the educated soon - pure alarmist schlock so far. Looks like they are only covering the scrubs and larger from the "OMGWTFBBQ! TEHSE THINGS W1LL K1LLZ0RZ U!! EEEK PWNT!" angle.

This show is creeping me out... one of the many many reasons I'd never keep a snake. *shivers*

Still - more people are killed by dogs pigs and even horses each year than constrictors - hell even feline-related diseases supposedly take a heavier toll.

At least they are covering SFE's (Stupid Feeding Errors) as a contributing factor.

How the hell would a pig kill someone? lol

Lol they can knock you down pretty easy and have bigass teef! Of course they usually hyp-mo-tize their prey first ;)

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Yeah - it had better take a turn for the educated soon - pure alarmist schlock so far. Looks like they are only covering the scrubs and larger from the "OMGWTFBBQ! TEHSE THINGS W1LL K1LLZ0RZ U!! EEEK PWNT!" angle.

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The xray of the burm after eating the rabbit was kinda neat, and the video of the Afrock eating the gazelle was just freaky. The show definitely was more on the side of "OMG YOU'RE GONNA DIE" attitude.

EDIT: I wonder if they even tried to film people that have had nothing but good experiences with these giants? How much of a % are these attacks? Just got me thinking.

Yeah the xray was cool as hell I must admit. They shoot pretty fast and quick with the thermally imaged sight and the "stomach acids can eat through metal". I just worry how this might serve as panic fodder for people who want to throw (more) regulations/restrictions on what responsible folks can keep.

Definitely serves as a caveat though that some pets aren't to be kept lightly - and large constrictors are not a one-keeper routine.

Man i hate shows like this all it does is instill the fear of snakes in general. Even my wife who picked out our latest ball python is having doubts. This show is informative all its doing is showing how snakes attack people. When we all know that these people who had these "accidents" as a result of their own carlessness. I dont know what else to say but i am really disappointed that they didnt show more scientific facts about these magnificent creatures.

And whats on directly after "The Big Squeeze" ... Crocodile Hunter "The deadliest snakes of Africa". Go Steve Go

LAWD!

The following show on parasites, "Eaten Alive" was a thousand times worse!

here are some numbers for 1998:

— Dog bites: 15 fatalities

— Fireworks: 13 fatalities

— Hornets, wasps and bees: 46 fatalities

— Lightning: 63 fatalities

— Falling earth: 55 fatalities

— Falling objects: 723 fatalities

— Falling into a hole or other openings: 95 fatalities

— 337 people died in bathtubs.

- In 1997

- The leading cause of accidental deaths in this country (43,200) was related to motor vehicles.

- Accidental firearms-related deaths (1,500) was seventh on the list.


I cant come up with an average for boid related deaths, but from what I can gather it is around 10 per year.

If your going to be afraid of somthing, be afraid of cars.

If that is an average number of deaths by constrictor per year, then it must be including the entire world in the statistics. A study of North American stats shows only eight confirmed deaths by constrictor in North America in the last twenty five years.

In the 1990's, there was an average of 15 deaths per year caused by venomous snakes...but boids did not even blip on the statistical radar for the entire decade.

Herpers Against Mad Cows!!!

the show was kinda instresting...with the xray and stuff. but most of the attacks they shown were caused by mistakes of the keeper. at least they said fatalities caused by constrictors happens rarely

That does sound more accurate Judy. I seached for a while and one site said 10-15 a year which didnt sound right, but there ya have it.
Its absurd that people are so dead set against snake. With media like today though I cant really blame them.
People are ignorant...

And frighteningly gullible and willing to be terrified.